Music the artform and artists
Why bossa nova is 'the highest flowering of Brazilian culture'
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- Wednesday, 09 October 2013
Bossa nova is not just elevator music or the rhythm button on a home organ. It's poetic, political – and a high-water mark in Brazilian culture.
Standards and Creativity
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- Monday, 07 October 2013
To these questions, I would add, "Why?" Why is it important how a composer becomes a composer? Why is it important that performers connect with and perform music of the here and now?
Giuseppe Verdi at 200: An appreciation
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- Monday, 07 October 2013
Sony has issued a box set of classic Verdi performances from the Metropolitan Opera as part of its commemoration of the composer's 200th birthday.
Venice - the city that created opera
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- Wednesday, 02 October 2013
In the early 18th century, Venice, a city of some 160,000 inhabitants, boasted seven full-time opera houses.
Beatlemania: 'the screamers' and other tales of fandom
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- Monday, 30 September 2013
The first time Scottish concert promoter Andi Lothian booked the Beatles, in the frozen January of 1963, only 15 people showed up.
New York Philharmonic's Opening Night Gala
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- Monday, 30 September 2013
The New York Philharmonic gets a shot of star power as Yo-Yo Ma joins the orchestra for its season-opening gala concert.
Hilliards to hang up vocal cords after 40th anniversary tour
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- Monday, 30 September 2013
Founding and former members join with current line-up for a final hurrah in 2014.
How do film-makers manipulate our emotions with music?
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- Tuesday, 24 September 2013
In 1939, queen of Hollywood melodrama Bette Davis starred in Dark Victory - the tragic story of a wealthy party girl dying of a brain tumour.
Veni, Vidi, Verdi: Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Riccardo Muti Celebrate the Composer's Bicentennial
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- Tuesday, 17 September 2013
This season of notable composer anniversaries continues with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's tribute to Verdi's 200th anniversary over the next four weeks.
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